diff --git a/toot/commands.py b/toot/commands.py
index d0f5f2a..a4d7d86 100644
--- a/toot/commands.py
+++ b/toot/commands.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from datetime import datetime
-
 from toot import api, config
 from toot.auth import login_interactive, login_browser_interactive, create_app_interactive
 from toot.exceptions import ConsoleError, NotFoundError
 from toot.output import (print_out, print_instance, print_account,
-                         print_search_results, print_status, print_timeline)
+                         print_search_results, print_timeline, print_notifications)
 from toot.utils import assert_domain_exists, multiline_input, EOF_KEY
 
 
@@ -309,23 +307,4 @@ def notifications(app, user, args):
         print_out("<yellow>No notification</yellow>")
         return
 
-    width = 100
-    for notification in sorted(notifications,
-                               key=lambda n: datetime.strptime(
-                                   n["created_at"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ"),
-                               reverse=True):
-        account = "{display_name} @{acct}".format(**notification["account"])
-        msg = {
-            "follow": "{account} now follows you",
-            "mention": "{account} mentioned you in",
-            "reblog": "{account} reblogged your status",
-            "favourite": "{account} favourited your status",
-        }.get(notification["type"])
-        if msg is None:
-            continue
-        print_out("─" * width)
-        print_out(msg.format(account=account))
-        status = notification.get("status")
-        if status is not None:
-            print_status(status, width=width)
-    print_out("─" * width)
+    print_notifications(notifications)
diff --git a/toot/output.py b/toot/output.py
index 87a8a63..2a52e77 100644
--- a/toot/output.py
+++ b/toot/output.py
@@ -175,3 +175,30 @@ def print_timeline(items, width=100):
     for item in items:
         print_status(item, width)
         print_out("─" * width)
+
+
+notification_msgs = {
+    "follow": "{account} now follows you",
+    "mention": "{account} mentioned you in",
+    "reblog": "{account} reblogged your status",
+    "favourite": "{account} favourited your status",
+}
+
+
+def print_notification(notification, width=100):
+    account = "{display_name} @{acct}".format(**notification["account"])
+    msg = notification_msgs.get(notification["type"])
+    if msg is None:
+        return
+
+    print_out("─" * width)
+    print_out(msg.format(account=account))
+    status = notification.get("status")
+    if status is not None:
+        print_status(status, width)
+
+
+def print_notifications(notifications, width=100):
+    for notification in notifications:
+        print_notification(notification)
+    print_out("─" * width)